Our own crew cleans gutters across San Juan Capistrano, CA, and every gutter gets a full clean from end to end. Every outlet is flushed until the water runs clear, and we take photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners book the spring and fall visits, and we have been on enough of those roofs to know what the gutters hold by then. Call (866) 435-6328 to get a quote, or text a photo of the front of the house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We offer cleaning services in San Juan Capistrano, and our gutter services are quoted by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted. For the homeowner, the real question is whether the runs need a light clean or a full clean, and a photo usually answers it. Most cleanings are quoted from that one photo.
What moves a quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up from the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with old leaves and grit, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before the cleaning can start. Outlet flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Inspection of the gutters and downspouts is part of the same visit. If something changes the job once we are up there, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a house with a tree over the back run, the usual find is a leaf mat, seeds and the odd twig packed into the elbows. We flush every outlet until the water runs clear at the bottom, and the rest of the run comes out clean. When we find one clog at an elbow or a small leak at a seam, we flag it before we leave. Heavy rainfall tests a gutter system fast, which is why the gutter cleaning process includes a water flow check at each outlet. Our crew treats the work as cleaning and maintenance of a working system, not a one-time scoop, so a return visit can be quoted from the first one. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule, text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what the job looks like.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, and most customers book one of each. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. By fall the buildup is leaves and grit, and on houses that skipped that second visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by the next rainy season.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and San Juan Capistrano averages 15.2 inches a year, with January, February and December the wettest months. Before the first big storm, have the gutters clean and the outlets clear, because a gutter system full of clogged downspouts is often already overflowing by the first big rain. The water backs up behind the fascia and into the landscape below. A gutter that is holding water is on its way to structural damage, from rot in the boards to stains on the wall, and a single leak at a seam is enough to start it.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see customers on a shorter schedule, every few months, because needles and grit pack the gutter system between visits. Houses with few or no trees do well with one cleaning a year, timed to the fall visit. Guarded gutters need less often, but the surface still has to be cleared. A single clog on a run changes the whole schedule, so after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs. The rain gutter is the easy part to plan. The harder part is noticing when water is no longer getting away from your home, and a quick check of the outlets tells you first.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
We work from our nearest base, and our crew reaches the surrounding areas on the same routes. Our gutter service covers San Juan Capistrano homes, residential properties and commercial properties on one schedule, so the same crew handles the whole job. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar, or send a photo of the front of the house if that is easier. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The two busiest windows are the spring visit in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, across California, and the calendar fills fastest then. Booking early in those windows is the easiest way to clean your gutters on the date you want. Outside them, a slot often opens sooner. We flush every outlet on every visit, and we book regular gutter cleaning on a repeat date so you do not have to remember it.
Keeping the system working is the point of gutter maintenance, not just a scoop of leaves. The goal is to carry water away from the foundation and keep your gutters flowing between visits. A clean, flowing system helps protect your home from water damage. For most homes, spring and fall are the two windows that matter. If you are booking for the first time, call (866) 435-6328 and we will explain our gutter services and which visit fits your house.
The number comes from stories and size, and every homeowner gets it by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a price from a rate sheet without knowing the house, because the same two stories can need very different work depending on what is packed in the runs. Call (866) 435-6328 for your number, which is the number on the invoice.
Most customers book the spring and fall visits. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste in the elbows, and in fall it is the leaf mat that has been sitting since the last big storm. Keeping the gutters clean between visits helps, but waiting past those visits is when we see water over the edge, a blockage backing up in the runs, and rot starting behind the fascia.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day visits depend on the calendar that week, and our gutter cleaning services fill fastest in busy weeks, so we will tell you honestly what we have open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush each one and watch the water until it runs clear at the outlet. Where a gutter outlet feeds an underground drain line, we check that drainage is leaving and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs needles and seed casings get through the guards and mat on top, and rainwater runs over the front edge instead of going in. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards, and that is priced as a guarded system. Guards cut the gutter maintenance down, but they do not end it.
If the runs are clean and water still spills over the edge in a storm, the cause is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or short video taken in the rain and we will tell you which it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The estimate is built from stories, size and what we saw in the photo, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start. Our gutter services are priced the same way on every visit, so text a photo of the roofline and we will check it against the quote before the date.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
